MANITOBA.; Small--Pox Raging in the West--Indians Dying by Thousands--Their Bodies Destructive Fire Near Minneapolis--Protection of Immigrants--Action by Wester Governors.

Advices have reached hero from Fort Garry, the 8th inst., via St. Cloud the 20th, that the small-pox is committing fearful ravages in the West; that the Indians are dying in thousands, and the plains are covered with painted corpses and that the stench is dreadful. The Government proposes to send a medical man there. All was quiet at Fort Garry.

October 22, 1870

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